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Death of Anatoliy Solovyanenko

29 July 1999

Anatoliy Solovyanenko died on 29 July 1999 in Kozyn, aged 66. A Ukrainian opera singer, Solovyanenko was a lyric tenor who made his career mainly at the opera theatre in Kyiv. He performed leading tenor roles from the Italian and Russian repertoire and toured abroad, including appearances in Italy, where he also studied. For his achievements he received the title of People's Artist of the USSR, among the highest honours for Soviet performers.

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